For months, United Bancorporation of Alabama avoided a public clash with two unhappy shareholders. But after the duo demanded seats on the board of directors, the bank finally clapped back.

The promotion of consumer banking head Brant Standridge to president is the outcome of "an extensive succession planning process," Huntington said. Steve Steinour said he will continue as CEO for around two more years.

Two shareholders at United Bancorporation of Alabama say they've been expressing their concerns for years, to no avail. Now they want seats at the table.

The deal announced Monday would diversify EverBank's higher-cost funding model, and it would accelerate WaFd's transition away from its roots as a traditional thrift.

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter's firing from the Federal Trade Commission spurred a lawsuit that led to the Supreme Court  overturning Humphrey's Executor and ending agency independence. Slaughter says she will continue to work on consumer protection issues.

Tokenization projects are no longer viewed as modernization initiatives, but rather as a potential source of new revenue, lower operating costs, improved capital efficiency and differentiated products.

The group behind the proposed Georgia Skyline Bank says recapitalizing a 24-year-old Virginia bank offers a faster path to success than a new charter would.

A consortium of international FIs are planning to issue a U.S. stablecoin in early 2027; London-based OpenPayd has entered the U.S. through its acquisition of MSB USA; the U.K. fined Citi £4.7 million ($6.3 million) for hundreds of transactions in breach of sanctions against Russia; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

The controlling owner of Santa Fe-based Century Financial Services Corp. wound up in bankruptcy court. Now his 71% stake is on the verge of being sold to an Oklahoma bank.

The digital bank announced a collaborative partnership with the crypto exchange platform as it continues to expand its overall digital asset strategy.

A new consortium of community banks plans to offer deposit insurance above the FDIC's $250,000 limit. But skeptics say such private-sector efforts have a spotty history.

The agency approved a full-service national bank but gated four product lines behind separate sign-offs, a condition advisors say is unlike other approvals.

Equity Bancshares in Wichita, Kansas, had been looking for a way to establish a significant Iowa presence. By acquiring Lincoln Bancorp, which has 16 branches in the state, it's found a way in.

The instant payments company announced a $155 million fundraise and has filed to acquire Transact Bank, which it wants to convert into TabaPay Bank.

First National Bank of Omaha's planned acquisition of InBankshares in Denver comes less than three months after it agreed to acquire a Kansas City-area bank.

The claim that community bankers are somehow being manipulated into supporting changes to the CLARITY Act that would benefit big banks is wrong. The threat to deposits from stablecoin yield is real and dangerous.

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach took an $85 million loss on the sale of $1 billion worth of municipal bonds. It plans to reinvest the proceeds into higher-yielding loans and investments.

The Republican proposal would bring the CFPB under congressional appropriations and curb several of its regulatory powers.

As banks integrate AI into their systems, they are becoming accountable for decision-making architectures that they did not design and have no real insight into. That means they need to ask their vendors some hard questions.

Banks are investing in ever-more capable technology, from new banking apps to AI-enabled back-office systems. But what keeps customers coming back continues to be their relationships with real bankers.